Nigel Lythgoe
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![2017 Choreography Nominee Reception](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/Travis-Wall-Nigel-Lythgoe-choreography-900x600.jpg/f68db81a74d45cbf8ab15c6437af8021/Travis-Wall-Nigel-Lythgoe-choreography-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe at Mike Darnell: Reality TV's Great Provocateur at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California, March 29, 2017.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/lythgoe-poster-900x600.jpg/36b51936c16911e64ae9693fe2d86015/lythgoe-poster-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe and Television Academy chairman and CEO Hayma Washington at Mike Darnell: Reality TV's Great Provocateur at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California, March 29, 2017.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/lythgoe-washington-900x600.jpg/5c276fb2934ace6344cd75a55f6eb03d/lythgoe-washington-900x600.jpg)
![Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe at the Choreographers Nominee Reception in North Hollywood, California.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/paula-abdul-nigel-lythgoe-chor-900x600.jpg/d509e07d4977baf40130be23dd462a4a/paula-abdul-nigel-lythgoe-chor-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman of So You Think You Can Dance at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-pt66ca-2014-0109.jpg/c5449c0a5e81d44d6920c0b92440a9c6/g-pt66ca-2014-0109.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe of So You Think You Can Dance arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-pt66ca-2014-0105.jpg/bc4054c24f44974ec268cf74f43831c8/g-pt66ca-2014-0105.jpg)
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![Nigel Lythgoe at the 31st College Television Awards](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/Archives/2013/09/gall-cta-0012.jpg/17c97dca7d05efd34eedf2eeaa3529ca/gall-cta-0012.jpg)
Nigel Lythgoe
![2017 Choreography Nominee Reception](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/Nigel-Lythgoe-Susan-Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Marc-Johnson-choreography-900x600.jpg/edbece4d5c3c84cd73753456557d312a/Nigel-Lythgoe-Susan-Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Marc-Johnson-choreography-900x600.jpg)
![2017 Choreography Nominee Reception](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/Nigel-Lythgoe-Travis-Wall-choreography-900%C3%97600.jpg/708a152e2a1ee197a689b1d7d72672be/Nigel-Lythgoe-Travis-Wall-choreography-900%C3%97600.jpg)
![2017 Choreography Nominee Reception](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/Travis-Wall-Nigel-Lythgoe-choreography-900x600.jpg/f68db81a74d45cbf8ab15c6437af8021/Travis-Wall-Nigel-Lythgoe-choreography-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe at Mike Darnell: Reality TV's Great Provocateur at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California, March 29, 2017.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/lythgoe-poster-900x600.jpg/36b51936c16911e64ae9693fe2d86015/lythgoe-poster-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe and Television Academy chairman and CEO Hayma Washington at Mike Darnell: Reality TV's Great Provocateur at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California, March 29, 2017.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/lythgoe-washington-900x600.jpg/5c276fb2934ace6344cd75a55f6eb03d/lythgoe-washington-900x600.jpg)
![Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe at the Choreographers Nominee Reception in North Hollywood, California.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/paula-abdul-nigel-lythgoe-chor-900x600.jpg/d509e07d4977baf40130be23dd462a4a/paula-abdul-nigel-lythgoe-chor-900x600.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman of So You Think You Can Dance at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-pt66ca-2014-0109.jpg/c5449c0a5e81d44d6920c0b92440a9c6/g-pt66ca-2014-0109.jpg)
![Nigel Lythgoe of So You Think You Can Dance arrives for the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys.](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/photos-gallery/g-pt66ca-2014-0105.jpg/bc4054c24f44974ec268cf74f43831c8/g-pt66ca-2014-0105.jpg)
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![Nigel Lythgoe at the 31st College Television Awards](https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets_r/containers/assets/Archives/2013/09/gall-cta-0012.jpg/17c97dca7d05efd34eedf2eeaa3529ca/gall-cta-0012.jpg)
12 Nominations
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2015
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
dick clark productions and 19 Entertainment
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2014
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. and 19 Entertainment
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Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - 2013
Nigel Lythgoe
FOX
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. in association with 19 Entertainment
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Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - 2012
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. in association with 19 Entertainment
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Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - 2011
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. in association with 19 Entertainment
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Outstanding Reality - Competition Program - 2011
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2008
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2007
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2006
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2005
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 2004
Nigel Lythgoe, Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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Outstanding Reality | Competition Program - 2003
Nigel Lythgoe, Co-Executive Producer
FOX
FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Ltd.
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